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SureCookie gets you from install to enforcement in minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>Everything in SureCookie revolves around that.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Real Browser Cookie Detection<\/h3>\n\n<p>This is important.<\/p>\n\n<p>Most tools try to guess cookies by scanning HTML.<\/p>\n\n<p>That is not accurate.<\/p>\n\n<p>SureCookie uses a Playwright-powered scanning engine at <a href=\"https:\/\/library.surecookie.com\/\">https:\/\/library.surecookie.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>When you run a scan, it loads your website in a real browser environment. Not static source code. 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IP addresses are masked before being stored in your database.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consent Records:<\/strong> Consent choices, timestamps, and user session ID details are logged locally in your WordPress database for compliance documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Where Data Lives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>All consent logs, scan results, and settings are stored in your WordPress database<\/li>\n<li>Data sent to library.surecookie.com for scanning and geolocation may be temporarily stored for processing<\/li>\n<li>Nothing is sold, shared with third parties, or used for advertising<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Since visitor data is processed through SureCookie's services, this should be mentioned in your site's privacy policy. 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